Great Train Robbery, The

Edwin S. Porter's famous production was one of the first story motion pictures, years ahead of its time in plot unfolding. Bandits tie up the station master, stop the train, rob the mail car, take the passengers' valuables, and then escape. The station master's daughter frees her father and alerts a group at a dance, who then chase and overtake the robbers., 05:41:38; Man in office - two gunmen burst in to rob him; 05:45:32; Gunmen stop train - everyone gets off with hands off; 05:47:14; Robbers run to detached locomotive with sacks of loot; 05:47:55; Bandits run through woods; 05:50:35; Shootout on horseback; 05:51:23; Robbers get surrounded and a shoot out ensues; 05:52:03; Classic CU Cowboy shoots at screen *